Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
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The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?
  • qwestjest78English
    76·
    23 hours ago

    The headlights that are basically as bright as most cars high beams. Should be illegal

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      My Subaru has lights that seem to be getting dimmer, at least relative to too many cars. I can get LED replacements. They’re not legal since the projectors wouldn’t change but they’re widely available and would help me

      My service station even offered to do it for me.

      • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Incandescent bulbs wear out and go dim over time. I bought some new ones and it solved the issue. Philips Xtreme vision is what I got, it was $15 for the pair.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          57 minutes ago

          Maybe ill give it a try - you’re right they’re cheap (although I’ll stick with legitimate replacements, not LEDs)

      • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        10 hours ago

        Sort of the same thing, but differences in color temperature matter a lot when it comes to perceived brightness.

        • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          4 hours ago

          Also cutoff height, which changes with every bump in the road. It’s like being flashed with high beams half the time.

          • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 hours ago

            My newer car has a very sharp cutoff height so normally it probably is ok. But I don’t know of any roads without bumps